Sex-for-rent arrangements put tenants in vulnerable situations

Online ads from landlords that are offering low-cost or free accommodation in return for sex is not a scenario of equal power, leaving tenants open to abuse, writes Ann Murphy

Dublin Rape Crisis CEO Noeline Blackwell said many people enter into arrangements of 'survival sex', either for money or in some cases, for accommodation.
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Far from the high rent pressure zones of Dublin lies Newcastlewest, a thriving town 40 minutes' drive from Limerick City. 

A quick trawl online shows very little available on the rental market in the area — one three-bedroom property on the outskirts advertised with a rent of €1,150.